Job 20:4

New International Reader's Version

“I’m sure you must know how things have always been. They’ve been that way ever since human beings were placed on this earth.

Cross References

Genesis 1:28

God blessed them. He said to them, “Have children so that there will be many of you. Fill the earth and bring it under your control. Rule over the fish in the seas and the birds in the sky. Rule over every living creature that moves along the ground.”

Job 15:10

People who are old and gray are on our side. And they are even older than your parents!

Job 15:18

I’ll tell you what those who are wise have said. They don’t hide anything they’ve received from their people of long ago.

Job 32:7

I thought, ‘Those who are older should speak first. Those who have lived for many years should teach people how to be wise.’

Psalm 115:16

The highest heavens belong to the Lord. But he has given the earth to human beings.